Tuesday, April 21, 2026

The Flower Girl

 The Flower Girl


 Susy was not lovable, nor did she greatly love anyone, but herself. She was ambitious and intended to rise in the world. Even a London flower girl can in all other callings that of have ambition. As in all other callings that of the flower girl has many grades. Between the poor. little. sloppy. ragged victim. who hawks miserable withered flowers, reeking with stale vegetation and the infection of badly ventilated rooms. and such a flower girl as Susy Carter there is a very vast gulf fixed.

Susy heard of the Flower Girls' Guild, she was one of the first to join this admirable band, she delighted in the sanitary conditions imposed upon her. She paid her shilling a week regularly, and enjoyed all the advantages of the room, where the flowers were kept at night, and the nice wash which she could give herself there in the morning.  

References:

1. JILL A FLOWER GIRL By  "AUTHOR OF DADDY'S BOY", "THE GEMS SHE WORE"- SmithNEW YORK THOMAS WHITTAKER 2 & 3 BIBLE HOUSE 1893  

2.THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK FOR 1868